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ST: Fachverband Strahlen- und Medizinphysik

ST 2: DPG meets DGMP: Future Perspectives on Tomographic Imaging Techniques

ST 2.3: Invited Talk

Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 17:15–17:45, ZHG003

Engineering Precision Medicine with Magnetic Imaging Techniques — •Ioana Slabu — Institute of Medical Engineering, Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg — Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University

Magnetic imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic particle imaging (MPI) are of great interest in precision medicine. They have the potential to contribute to tremendous developments in two of the most challenging issues of today’s healthcare: (i) early and precise detection of diseases with minimally invasive methods, and (ii) personalized therapy with high success rates and low side effects. This potential is largely driven by the development of image-guided therapies with magnetic nanomaterials, which are applied as contrast agents in MRI and as tracers MPI. Medical devices (e. g. stents, drug carriers) doped with magnetic nanomaterials are designed to respond to magnetic external stimuli, allowing them to sense, interact with, and adapt to their environment according to the therapeutical need. The talk focusses on the concept and realization of image-guided therapies based on such devices, highlighting the huge advantage of their in vivo monitoring in MRI and MPI.